Homicide? This body in the iron coffin? They opened it as a crime scene investigation. But no. They were dealing with 150-year-old remains.
Definitely one of the more interesting smallpox stories I’ve run across. I had to share this Newsweek article with you. The photo above is the facial reconstruction included in the article.
150-year-old remains identified
Watch the story unfold on PBS tonight, October 3, 2018.
In my previous post, “A Blog by Any Other Name,” you learned I’m changing things a bit from my twice monthly blog. So watch for different kinds of posts–articles by me, other articles shared, book reviews, and maybe a few surprises now and then.
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Bee, I watched the “Woman in the Iron Coffin” and was fascinated by the amount of detective work that went in to discovering her identity. What a beautiful woman she was and what a shame to have such a devastating disease take her life at a young age. Thank you for recommending it.